A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part III: Questions about Salvation

91. Q. What is election?
       A. It is God’s goodness as revealed in his grace by choosing certain sinners for salvation.

(Click through to read scriptural proof.)

• Ephesians 1:3-4

  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. 

• 1 Thessalonians 1:4

  For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you….

• 1 Peter 1:1-2

  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

  To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, [2] according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:

  May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.

Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.

Previously posted questions and answers.

Comments

[rebecca]

Just commenting to say that the more I think about this definition, the more I like it. It's one of the best answers in the catechism so far.